Vanity-plate-incited vandalism?

m4a1mustang

I'd feel silly with those plates if an M3/5/6 were to pull up next to me at a light.

You'd look over and they'll say, "because I can afford it."

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toxik

yeah i already admitted my fail, I guess I was just thinking of the 370 vs 3 Series really.

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Jeffblue

Performance aside, if you've got the money, why would you choose a Nissan over a BMW? I'm not talking about 370z vs _____.... so fanboyism aside: Talking about cars we don't even own (well most of us on here don't have maximas or 5 series)
Someone offers to give you the keys to a fully loaded BMW 535 and a Fully Loaded nissan maxima, you'd choose the maxima?



or a 1 series vs a versa? or a Murano vs an X5. seriously money aside you'd choose nissan all the way? I can totally see why someone would want a 370z over a 3 series, but overall brand quality, money aside, come on. Theres a reason that bmws cost a lot more than nissans.

and to answer your question. aside from totally random vandalism, usually if someone keys your car its because you pissed them off somehow. Whether you stole their spot (or so they think) cut them off, parked too close to them, or simply have a nicer car, you bothered them. So if you want to decrease the likelihood of having your car keyed then its best not to piss people off, and all your plate does increase the likelihood of that happening

The point of vanity plates is to be clever, cool, or funny, or some mix of it all. Its all fun when someone says 'oh haha i get it!, great plate!' or even some sort of little rivalry like Supraklr or something. The only comments you'd get from your plate is a middle finger from a bmw driver, and maybe some other douche in a parking lot coming up to you and telling you that he agrees and doesn't like BMW either, talk about a good time.

DYNAZOR

I'd be inclined to key that guy's car too (
note that I said I'd be 'inclined', not inspired.)


The last thing I'm worried about is somebody "blowing my doors off", which will be very easy whether it's by an M3 or a Yugo. "Blowing the doors off" of another vehicle has been off my RADAR for 40 years now. If there're other cars in the vicinity then I'm content to hang in the slow lane, being and looking like the cool old guy that I am.

Well you might feel silly, but I won't. Why would I? And I wouldn't look over unless he shouted me out first. And if he said to me " 'cause I can afford it", I'd say to him "So can I, I guess I'm just better at managing money than you are".

Of course I would choose the 535 if it was "given to me" because of its much greater intrinsic value, and then I would quickly sell it because it's not the car for me.

And no, I would not choose Nissan all the way. If I were interested in a different type of car I would consider all the variables and the metrics that are most important to me and make my choice accordingly.

I guess we differ on this point, but I think "Y BUYBMW" is clever, is cool, and is funny. I'll get back to you on that a while after I get the plates. If I'm wrong I'll admit it.

Again, another thing I could care less about is some BMW driver flipping me the bird over my plate. If he does, and if I see him, I'll just smile, stay in the slow lane and let him blow my doors off. Maybe I'll give him a wave a few minutes later down the highway when I pass him while he's wrapped around a pole or slammed into the back of a semi, etc.

As far as the douche in the parking lot is concerned, I just hope I never run into him.

m4a1mustang

I guess I just think the plate is more tacky and cocky than clever and funny... but good luck with it.

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Jeffblue

Cool. i think you should go to the Pebble Beach Concours D'elegance and offer your sound financial advice to all those lost souls buying expensive cars for no reason. So let me guess: Anyone with a more expensive car than a Nissan just wasted their money, and anyone with a less expensive car than a Nissan would have bought a nissan if they weren't so poor?

do you really want to play the 'wrapped around a tree' or 'slammed into the back of a truck' card about BMW's?.... i think there are enough threads on here to show that that is a universal theme among irresponsible drivers, a lot of whom seem to have managed to crash their fare share of 370's. Obviously you have some sort of irrational problem with BMW drivers, so this plate will probably do a good job of making them act like douchebags to you, giving yourself even more cause to have dislike for them.

WhiskeyHotel

I always take vanity plates "tongue in cheek". They are simply personal statements meant to separate that person from the crowd. I would not assume that just because a person has a license plate that says "IH8ZS" that the person "hates" me personally because I'm in one.

m4a1mustang

I am the same way most of the time. The only one recently that got any reaction from me was "NV MY TL" on a TL. I just asked, "why?"

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mantella87

Honestly, I just don't see how a plate like that has any place on a 370. The reasons a person would buy just about any BMW don't really align with the same reasons a person would buy a 370...

Jeffblue

true, but theres a difference between saying 'what i have is awesome' and 'what you have sucks'

As a Z owner, think about which of these plates would bother you more.

'NO JAPCRAP' or 'M3 OWNS U'

most of these little forum tiffs we get into isn't a result of someone saying something good about there car, but rather saying something negative about someone elses

edub370

lets do an expirement. who wants to be the guinea pig for getting a plate that says "KEY ME". any takers?

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Red__Zed

Have you seen the guy around chantilly with the

IL SMO Q
pllates on his isf?

mantella87

I like that one!

m4a1mustang

I haven't, but there's an old Porsche Boxster in Woodbridge with plates that read "ETMYDST" or something like that.

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mantella87

There is a guy who lives near me who has a baby blue GTO with plates that read, "GTOWNED"

Probably a pretty common plate amongst the GTO guys, but still ironic with the color.